Strange Future

The Earth is currently facing one of its most challenging existential threats — climate change. Every year global temperatures rise and the frequency and severity of natural disasters increase. The Earth is in a moment of transition—from the relatively stable environment of the Holocene towards a new geologic period, one that is driven by human action, known as the Anthropocene.  

For the past few years, I have been photographing the landscape of the Northeastern United States looking for symbols of change. I have explored areas impacted by natural disasters, land displaced by development projects, and spaces where the influence of the human hand is undeniable. Overwhelming and intrusive artificial light, mounds of earthen material destined to disappear or be redistributed, flora and fauna controlled and cultivated by humans are featured prominently within this work. These photographs are meditations on an uncertain future and portend the coming changes. And in that sense, they are omens.